Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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This was a sustained period of renewed interest and remarkable developments in
art, literature, science, and learning. In French, the term literally means
“rebirth.”
a. | Vernacular | c. | Renaissance | b. | Secular | d. | Humanism |
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An English playwright considered by many to be the greatest of all time,
this man focused on the lives of realistic characters that would appeal to even the uneducated
person.
a. | Dante | c. | Chaucer | b. | Shakespeare | d. | Johann
Gutenberg |
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This person was given the credit for inventing movable type and the printing
press, an invention that would revolutionize Europe as it allowed literacy rates to dramatically
increase.
a. | Johann Gutenberg | c. | Leonardo da Vinci | b. | Machiavelli | d. | Jan van Eyck |
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During the Renaissance, artists used myths of these ancient cultures for
inspiration in their paintings and sculptures.
a. | Greek and Italian | c. | Roman and Egyptian | b. | Spartan and Venitian | d. | Roman and Greek |
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This was the name of Sir Thomas More’s book and also is a term that has
come to mean a perfect place or society.
a. | utopia | c. | humanism | b. | secular | d. | fresco |
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The buyers of art who were often times wealthy individuals, city governments, or
the church. A term referring to people who comissioned artists to create their
masterpieces.
a. | patron | c. | machiavellian | b. | humanist | d. | medici |
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Having a worldly focus rather than a spiritual one:
a. | vernacular | c. | utopia | b. | renaissance | d. | secular |
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Which of the following was a plague that swept through Europe and had a role in
the changes that took place during the Renaissance after the 1300s?
a. | The Choleric Plague | c. | The Smallpox Death | b. | The Black Death | d. | Typhoid Plague |
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This painter would be considered a Renaissance Man and produced the Last
Supper and the Mona Lisa.
a. | Raphael Sanzio | c. | Leonardo da Vinci | b. | Michelangelo Buonarroti | d. | Baldassare
Castiglione |
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This particular group of people emphasized individual accomplishment, believing
the potential of the human mind was nearly limitless.
a. | secularists | c. | medicis | b. | patrons | d. | humanists |
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This was a medium used by the Northern Renaissance painters that allowed them to
create the tiny details of fabric, wood, and other material.
a. | charcoal | c. | acrylic paints | b. | oil paints | d. | fresco paints |
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Michelangelo painted this structure, considered by some experts the greatest
work of art ever commissioned.
a. | the Sistine Chapel | c. | the Cathedral of Florence | b. | the Notre Dame
Cathedral | d. | the Hagia
Sophia |
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During this historic meeting, the Catholic and Protestant German princes came to
an agreement that each prince would chose the religion of his state:
a. | Magna Carta | c. | Peace of Augsburg | b. | Treaty of Verdun | d. | Edict of Worms |
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Which of the following women was Martin Luther’s wife and the model for a
well-run Protestant household?
a. | Katherina Zell | c. | Elizabeth the I | b. | Christine de Pisan | d. | Katherina von
Bora |
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What did Northern Renaissance artists use in their paintings to combine everyday
happenings with religious topics?
a. | vernacular | c. | perspective | b. | symbolism | d. | fresco |
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Short Answer - Answer the following questions using bullet points.
Please do not abbreviate words or ideas. Question 16 is worth 4 points and question 17 is worth
2 points.
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Name the three main ideas that Martin Luther’s teachings and
theses were based on.
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How did Martin Luther’s posting of the 95 Theses help to spark a
Reformation throughout Europe that eventually spawned the Protestant church?
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